Child&#39;s car



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Filed 00?.. l0. 1922 Patented Dec. lll, i223.

NETE@ STTES bellnet GLADYS IVI. LAZEAE, OF KEYV GARDENS, N EJV YORK.

CHLDS CAIR.

Application led October 10, 1922.` Serial No. 593,537.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GLADYS M. LAZEAR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kew Gardens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the well-known type of childs play vehicle in use in large numbers, and the object is by a very simple modification and addition to greatly increase the utility and convenience of these articles.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. l is a. perspective view of a childs car having the invention applied thereto, the rear end of the poling handle being broken off;

F ig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the poling socket, showing the enlargement on the end of the poling handle in position to retain it in the socket, and the neck of the handle in section; and

Fig. 3 is a. section in a vertical longitudinal plane through this portion containing the poling socket, the forward portion of the poling handle being shown in elevation- F ig. l illustrates a conventional childs car, comprising a seat-platform l, a rear supporting piece 2, on the ends of which are two back wheels 3, and a single. forward wheel 4, on a swivel post 5 that passes through the front of the platform and carries a steering-bar 6. The rear piece 2 beneath the rearward overhang of the seat is slightly modified for the purpose of the present invention. I do not, however, limit myself to the precise form of childs car as the invention can 'be applied in a similar manner to other styles.

As clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3, illustrating a very simple embodiment of the invention, a recess or hole 7 is cut from the rear face part way through the central part of the piece 2, and over this is applied a retainer plate 8, secured by screws 9 and containing an opening 10. This socket is designed to receive the forward end of the separate poling handle 1l, having a ball enlargement 12 or other form at its eX- tremity, the said extremity being freely insertible through the opening and into the socket, and as freely removable therefrom to release the car, so that the child may proceed alone. At the top, the opening l0 tapers in a V, aording means whereby, when the person holding the handle raises the forward end slightly in the socket by slight movement of the pole lateral to itself, the handle is held against coming out of the socket when the car rolls down grade.

With this device the child on the car can be propelled from behind by an adult or another child, the child on the car being always in view of the attendant, and the writers view forward for steering being unobstructed, and the operation for the attendant is very convenient. The stick, when not used for pushing, can be carried as a cane. The car itself is at all times ready for propulsion and steering by the child in the ordinary way. The insertion of the pole in the socket, or its removal, is accomplished by the attendant, while standing or walking, and without disturbing the car or its occupant.

l/Vhile the preferred form of the invention has been described, it will be understood that numerousI other embodiments magy be devised.

What l claim as new is:

'1. rlhe combination with a childs car adapted to be propelled and steered by the child, said car having a socket at the back, of a pole having means at its end to engage said socket for both pushing and for holding back on a downward slope, the poile being adapted to be caught in the socket and to be disengaged therefrom at will by a person walking behind the car, without disturbing the car or the child.

2. The combination with a childs: car adapted to be propelled and steered by the child, and having a socket at the back, of

a pole having a ball enlargement. at its end adapted to be inserted and caught in said socket and to be disengaged therefrom at will by a person walking` behind the car with the pole in his hand.

3. rlhe combination with a childs car adapted to be propelled and steered by the child, and having a socket recess at the back partially covered by a plate having an opening with an entrance and a retaining portion, of a pole having an enlargement at the end insertible into said entrance and movable laterally into and out of engagement with Said retaining portion.

4. The combination of a ohilds ear adapted to he propelled and eteered by the child, said oar having a socket at the back,

a pushing pole adapted to loe Carried by an attendant, the end oi' the pole being insertihle in and removable from the socket as the Vattendant Walks behind the oar, Without disturbing the oar or the child, and means for Catching the-pole in the socket.

GLADYS M. LAZEAR. 

